Two great bikes! Cool email, too!
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Penny <gopennygo.farth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I was incredibly lucky to acquire my first Riv, a 48 Sam Hillborne, a > little over 2 years ago as a birthday gift. It has been many gifts in > one, the greatest of which may be the wind-in-my-face feeling that I > can do anything from the seat of my trusty Sam. > > So along with this independence, I've really been racking and bagging > it up. I have a basket zip-tied to a Nitto mini rack on the front; and > a medium Sackville Saddlesack loaded onto the rear (currently > rackless, works fine, but may throw a rack on later, don't know; yes > it sits on the fender a little). Sometimes I slap on the Sackville > panniers, but you gotta have the right kind of wind for those puppies. > In short, I've turned my Hillborne into a cargo ship. Mostly for > groceries or shopping; but if I needed to haul anything else, I’d take > a lot of joy in figuring out how to do that. > > I’m totally sold on the Function-as-Beauty thing. I got a custom paint > job, and for the first few months, I threw a fit if someone breathed > on the bike the wrong way; but not anymore, because BTW (though I know > I'm preaching to the choir at least somewhat here), though this bike > rides like butter UNloaded; boy howdy—load 'er up and gliiiiide on > home. That smile on your face isn't going to hurt anybody. I don't > know how much grocery weight I've put on the thing, but it doesn't > seem to mind, so I don't really think too much about it. Love that. > http://bit.ly/sqT6he > > Last year, I also acquired a 50 Quickbeam, which is an amazing bike. > Anyone on the fence about getting a SimpleOne should consider that > bike more seriously. And not just as a secondary bike, but as your Go- > To, Everyday. I’m not what you’d consider waifishly “fit,” and I lived > in the hilly Blue Ridge (I’ve since moved), where I’d need to conquer > hills to go anywhere—and I totally could on that bike, no big deal—but > with Big Smiles. That’s a great, great bike. I don’t feel limited by > the 1-2 gears; I feel adequately equipped, self-sufficient, competent. > http://bit.ly/vQ2C5x > > And now, I’d like to put in a word for Col de la Vies. They don’t seem > to get a ton of praise, but I’ve put maybe 3000 miles on mine with the > Hillborne—road, dirt, gravel, rocky ruts, shallow streams, mud, grass, > and now, over glass. Lots of broken glass, going over this one bridge > near the stadium in Baltimore. These tires have been completely > awesome in my experience. So, just wanted to share. > > Finally, Saddle Swap: I have a Brooks Swift (antique brown w/ copper > rivets) in exceptionally good condition, currently on my Quickbeam. > It’s not working out for me on longer rides because I can’t slide it > back as far as I’d like. If any of you has a B.17 in similar condition > and color and is looking for a nice Swift, please contact me off- > list. > > Thanks! and again, Hello! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
